Write about someone who discovers the only family member they have left has just betrayed them.

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“The Family You Choose” by Tulibake Msiska

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I broke. In that moment, the world lost all sense - or was it just me? I felt the sunlight draining out of my life. I feel the dark creeping in and staining every ornament I held sacred. Staining my heart. Staining my soul. Staining my everything. I fell to the heated vinyl floor, but it felt as cold as ice. My world froze over the instant he said the piercing words. My husband for nearly a decade. The father to my two wonderful sons. The man I had called lover for so long. How dare he tell me," Your sister and I are lovers!" I went pale...

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“The Betrayal of Sage” by Lyn Carstone

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For all of my careful planning, I had never expected this. Never expected the welling up of water in her eyes and the whispered apology as guardsmen poured into the courtyard, their swords all pointed at me, as if I was the greatest threat in the kingdom. They were wrong. It was the man- the so-called prince- they worked for who was the threat. And now the woman who stood across from me. My own daughter. My Sage. She stared at me. What was she thinking? Was she remembering sitting on my lap when she was a little thing, and listening to the s...

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“How do I say goodbye?” by David Black

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How do I say goodbye to the love of my life?It was the best seven years of my life; it was the worst year of my life. It was the best day of my life; it was the worst day of my life. How do you describe a relationship with the woman of your dreams, the woman that you waited until you were 50 to meet?When I take Kona and Jackson out at night to do their business, I must wait. I must wait until Kona pees before I get down on my knees. If I get down before she pees, then she and Jackson will come over and nuzzle and rub against me before I have...

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“Ghost Eyes and Cyberspace” by Dalia Navarez

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Casaya dripped of instability as we watched 1s and 0s fall from his mind into a sea of cerulean radio waves. Maybe it was due to our lack of emotional intelligence, but neither Yinna or I cried for him. The next moment, Casaya was gone, only to be a part of the universe of expired binary numbers. Casaya's lasting energy left a silhouette of his shapeless figure. Certain sections made their way to the invisible escape above us in unorganized spasms. Yinna went straight for the board of prototype names and marked down the name of Prototype A-3...

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“The Ultimate Betrayal” by Hamish Jeffcott

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The day is colder than usual. Is it the air or is it the grip that tightens around my heart whenever I think of you. The dripping of rain outside the window thumping on the stone path ripples through my mind. I am lost. Alone. I can hear your footsteps coming down the stairs, they seem slow and laboured as though you have had a heavy night, as usual. My hands twitch in anticipation as I consider and reconsider how I should approach the situation. Your feet hit the tiled floor of the hallway and I hear you enter the kitchen and rummage ...

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“Bittersweet” by NIYLAH NETT

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Narrator: The world is a cruel place. Most people do not know how to survive, more people are just winging it, and some people can't handle it. There is not one person on earth, that understands life, as life. The world has a mild taste, bittersweet, is what you could say. Sep.23 (2023) Narrator: The story you are about to read is about just one life. See, most people think life in the future will be filled with daylight, perfection, and fantasy! But if we are talking about reality, I would say the world will be a d...

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“Hope” by Galina Pokitko

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One evening I shut my eyes against the summer sun hoping the world would be different when I would open them. Looking up at the blue sky once more, the world was still the same. I gripped my bike handle, pressed my foot against the petal, and rolled down the ramp. My hand then reached for my phone, clicking on my radio that worked with my earbuds. ¨Shape of You¨ was playing. Too upbeat. I turn down the volume until the instrumental fades in the background of kids shrieking from the playground and skateboards scraping the concrete groun...

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“Apotheosis” by George Puscuta

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I hate smoking! And yet, there’s nothing quite like it in the world. I always know that it’s going to make me sick, and despite this, I always crave another cigarette. Why is that? What urge drives me to do this? Do I want to make myself sick? Do I want to feel unhinged, uneased, unsafe? The moment I put a cigarette to my lips and feel that sweetly taste, or is it the smell that’s sweet? The moment when I inhale that first puff, the smoke filling my mouth with that disgusting taste of burnt paper and weeds… I pause for a nanosecond and I inh...

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“REVENGE ” by Labonya Biswas Susmi

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This is Error city. The city with full of vampires, enchantresses, lycanthropes and sirens. We all were doing great until one day. It was 3rd March, 1967. My father Albert Valdamir, was the first vampire in the history, created by the god of hell himself. He once ruled this city and I kept wondering for decades how the hell did it happen. There’s no way in hell anyone will keep their fucking mouth zipped up after seeing a vampire ruling over the city. Decades after decades passed away but I just couldn’t find a proper solution of this insane...

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“Riding Without Training Wheels” by Nelson Locklear

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There’s a quote by Michel de Montaigne, “A man is not hurt so much by what happens, as by his own opinion of what happens.” My uncle would tell me this all the time and I always held it in high regard because of him, though it’s a quote from my grandpa that echoes in me. “It’s not the sound of the bat that gets you; it’s the ball that you can’t stop that’ll hurt you.” As long as I could remember, on a clear blue sky day I would stop and lie down to look up at the beauty of God’s creation. I would lie on the grass, porch, or where ever and ju...

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“Coward” by Brooke Hall

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Looking across the room at her sister who was unable to return her gaze, whose eyes bore holes through the floor, Brin felt two steady arms guide her towards the interrogation room.One Day Prior. It had been ten years since Brin had last seen her sister, Scarlet. As she opened her P.O. box, she noticed a particular letter that stood out from her other bills. The letter was addressed, "To Brin. From Scar." Flipping the letter twice over, there was no sign of a return label. With a pounding heart, Brin quickly shut her P.O. box and rushed out...

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“How could you?!” by Izzie Miranda

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“Why didn’t you study more?! 86% isn’t good enough!” Sarah then launched the beer bottle she had grasped in her hand at Elle, but missed by a couple of inches, because she was too drunk to aim the bottle properly. Elle was petrified, but not because of her mom's behavior. She was used to her mom throwing glass at her, it was why she always had an absurd amount of cuts on her arms. It was her father she was afraid of. Her parents had always been alcoholics, and nobody had a clue. Her parents had a way of making sure no one knew how muc...

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“Half of a Whole” by Lisa M

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Justin left me ruined, left me in my loneliness, left me as a part of a whole forever. We were born on August 4, 1982. Him first and then I followed a minute later. I guess you could say that was the tone of our relationship, the way we were seen by our family, the way that the world would regard us. Our parents were ordinary— extremely ordinary; the only part of their lives that were out of the box were us— the twins. Mom didn’t have twins in her family and dad couldn’t remember if he had either. But somehow here we were— Justin...

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“Music or the streets” by Jacob97 Hoskin31

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warning I dont know the rules with swearing and If there is any, this story hits a personal note with stuff in my life a bit and was written to Express that and this subject just happened to line up with it."I love you", said Julie. She looked at Mason. "I love you to", Mason leaned in and kissed her. She wrapped her arms around him as their lips locked. Just then his watch went off. He backed up letting go of her kiss."Awe crap I have this thing with my Cousin, I gotta run", she nodded smiling. Go get them sweetheart. Your gonna be ama...

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“Searching for Someone” by Peter Watts

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How can she do this to me? I don’t want to be alone again. I’ve spent my whole life trying to find a partner, not just the romantic kind, but my chosen partner always left me. For the longest time I did not want children in my life. The thought of being tied down and woken up early filled me with dread. Over time those reservations melted away and the idea of pouring my love into a small creation of my own became insatiable, but like most things in life I left it too late: the biological bus had left the station before I found someone I was ...

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Write about someone who discovers the only family member they have left has just betrayed them.

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✍️ 160 stories

“The Family You Choose” by Tulibake Msiska

“The Betrayal of Sage” by Lyn Carstone

“How do I say goodbye?” by David Black

“Ghost Eyes and Cyberspace” by Dalia Navarez

“The Ultimate Betrayal” by Hamish Jeffcott

“Bittersweet” by NIYLAH NETT

“Hope” by Galina Pokitko

“Apotheosis” by George Puscuta

“REVENGE ” by Labonya Biswas Susmi

“Riding Without Training Wheels” by Nelson Locklear

“Coward” by Brooke Hall

“How could you?!” by Izzie Miranda

“Half of a Whole” by Lisa M

“Music or the streets” by Jacob97 Hoskin31

“Searching for Someone” by Peter Watts

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